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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martha Coolidge from a screenplay by Shonda Rhimes and Scott Abbott, based on the biography Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills.[1] Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999.[2] The teleplay is drawn exclusively from the biography of Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger.[3]

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Promotional poster
Based on	Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills
Screenplay by	Shonda Rhimes Scott Abbott
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Starring	Halle Berry Brent Spiner Obba Babatundé Loretta Devine Cynda Williams LaTanya Richardson Tamara Taylor Alexis Carrington Klaus Maria Brandauer
Composer	Elmer Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Katz Moctezuma Esparza Joshua D. Maurer Vincent Cirrincione Halle Berry
Producer	Larry Y. Albucher
Cinematography	Robbie Greenberg
Editor	Alan Heim
Running time	120 minutes
Production company	HBO Pictures
Budget	$9.2 million
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	August 21, 1999 (1999-08-21)

Cast

• Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge
  • Wendi Williams provides the singing voice for Dorothy Dandridge
• Brent Spiner as Earl Mills
• Klaus Maria Brandauer as Otto Preminger
• Obba Babatundé as Harold Nicholas
• Loretta Devine as Ruby Dandridge
• Cynda Williams as Vivian Dandridge
• LaTanya Richardson as Auntie
• Tamara Taylor as Geri Branton-Nicholas
• William Atherton as Darryl Zanuck
• D. B. Sweeney as Jack Denison
• Don Gettinger as hotel clerk
• Nicholas Hormann as Oscar emcee
• Sharon Brown as Etta Jones
• Darrian C Ford as Fayard Nicholas
• Andre Carthen as Harry Belafonte
• Jon Mack as Ava Gardner
• Kerri Randles as Marilyn Monroe
• Benjamin Brown as Sidney Poitier
• Tyrone Wade as Lex Barker

Soundtrack

RCA Victor released a soundtrack album on August 10, 1999.

1. "Your Red Wagon" – Wendi Williams (2:29)
2. "I Got Rhythm" – Wendi Williams (2:44)
3. "Hep Hop" – Bill Elliott (3:17)
4. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" – Wendi Williams (2:27)
5. "Sportsman's Mambo" – Bill Elliott (3:08)
6. "Somebody" – Wendi Williams (2:33)
7. "Twelve Cylinders" – Bill Elliott (3:39)
8. "You Do Something to Me" – Wendi Williams (2:19)
9. "Zoot Suit for My Sunday Gal" – Wendi Williams (3:28)
10. "That's All" – Wendi Williams (2:34)
11. "Streamliner" – Bill Elliott (3:49)
12. "First Telephone" – Elmer Bernstein (2:05)
13. "Try Again" – Elmer Bernstein (1:17)
14. "No Song" – Elmer Bernstein (1:18)
15. "Dorothy" – Elmer Bernstein (2:04)

Awards and nominations

2000 Black Reel Awards

• Best Actress—Halle Berry (won)
• Best Film (won)
• Best Supporting Actor—Obba Babatundé (nominated)
• Best Supporting Actor—Brent Spiner (nominated)

2000 Directors Guild of America

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television—Martha Coolidge (nominated)

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
• Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
• Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
• Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie—Halle Berry (won)
• Outstanding Choreography (nominated)
• Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special—Martha Coolidge (nominated)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie—Klaus Maria Brandauer (nominated)
• Outstanding Made for Television Movie (nominated)

2000 Golden Globes

• Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television—Halle Berry (won)
• Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (nominated)
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television—Klaus Maria Brandauer (nominated)

2000 Image Awards

• Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special—Halle Berry (won)
• Outstanding Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special (won)
• Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special—Obba Babatundé (nominated)

2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards

• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries—Halle Berry (won)

References

External links

• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge at IMDb
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Rising Star

Rising Star (Alternativtitel: Die Geschichte der Dorothy Dandridge; Originaltitel: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmbiografie von Martha Coolidge aus dem Jahr 1999. Das Drehbuch von Scott Abbott und Shonda Rhimes basiert auf dem Buch Dorothy Dandridge von Earl Mills.

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- [en] Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

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